June 24, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Many of the more famous SQL Server gurus are product evangelists at various companies which specialize in software for SQL Server. What does a product evangelist do? Is the goal to provide education on SQL Server through blogging, articles, and answers on QA sites? Is it to promote the products of the company? A combination of both? I've always been curious...
June 25, 2012 at 4:59 am
From what I can tell, everyone has a slightly different take on this. My goal is #1, the promotion of Red Gate Software, the company and it's products. I really love the company and it's products, which makes my job easy. But, our goal at Red Gate, is to be helpful. We really want to build tools for you to use, not another piece of software that you have to maintain. I'm also tasked with supporting SQL Server in general. So, lots of articles & how-to videos around our tool set and SQL Server. I present online & live at community events on SQL Server, but I'll also do some Red Gate stuff. I have tons & tons of regular blog posts at my blog, scarydba.com, my Red Gate blog, Scarlet & Scary, and some guest posts on Microsoft blogs and the like. Articles on Simple-Talk and here on SSC. Also books and chapters in books. All primarily focused on SQL Server.
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June 25, 2012 at 10:48 am
Thanks for answering this question. Does consulting also play a role? I would think that with the level of expertise required for an evangelist position, there would be a great deal of demand for consulting services or for solving very difficult, enterprise-level problems.
June 25, 2012 at 10:50 am
I only do a little bit of consulting. I know that others do more.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
June 27, 2012 at 1:55 pm
I came at this from the other side, being a writer for SQL Server first on this site. When Red Gate took over, they left me alone for the most part, but the last couple years I've been doing more.
-- webinars about products and SQL Server
-- speaking
-- writing various posts related to our products.
I don't get involved in sales, but I sometimes give feedback on products and ideas. I also do some education for developers.
I don't do consulting. I've thought about it, but I'm busy right now and don't want to add to the load.
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